You can't pick and choose who will be fired for violating [electronic data] policies.

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E-mail is the electronic equivalent of DNA evidence. If your workplace gets embroiled in a lawsuit, you can take it to the bank that your e-mail will be subpoenaed.

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You never know where [your e-mail message will] end up. If it ends up retained in an archive by your employer, it could wind up being part of the evidence pool in a lawsuit and it could go public just like all this Enron e-mail has.

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With 86 percent of employees using company e-mail for personal correspondence, the risk of sexually charged e-mail is huge.

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Employees should go to work assuming that Big Brother is going to read over their electronic shoulder when they're sitting at the computer.

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The federal government has made it clear that the computer system belongs to the employer and the employer has the right to monitor all e-mail transmissions and all Internet activity.

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You need to be prepared for the fact that Big Brother is going to be reading over your electronic shoulder.

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The last thing you want is to terminate an employee for violating your data policy and they don't even know you have one. Or they know about the policy but it has not been enforced across the board.

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